Suta de Movile (Valley of the Hundred Hills)
Northern Moldova
Although it is called the Valley of the Hundred Hills, the rolling landscape near Braniste actually contains more than 3,000 undulations. It is such an unusual formation that you are unlikely to see anything like it elsewhere.
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WhereBranişteNorthern Moldova · ~146 km from Chișinău, as the crow flies
On the map
A rough sketch. The distance is in a straight line, not by road.
About this place
Legend has it that the mounds are the graves of Getae, an ancient tribal people who lived along the lower Danube River and nearby plains. The story goes that the tribe posted sentinels on the hills to warn of enemies’ approach.
Those who say the legend is untrue contend that only God could have created such a stunning, geologically symmetric arrangement.
